A small and robust approach to 3D machine vision

Projektinformationen

KL-IND

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 815452

DOI

10.3030/815452

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 4 Mai 2018

Startdatum 1 Juni 2018

Enddatum 30 November 2018

Finanziert unter

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Gesamtkosten

€ 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

K LENS GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - KL-IND (A small and robust approach to 3D machine vision)

Berichtszeitraum: 2018-06-01 bis 2018-11-30

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Efficient industrial production as propagated under the term industry 4.0 requires powerful and flexible sensors. Already today, the global market for machine vision solutions is huge (USD 9,10b in 2016) and still growing strong (predicted size of USD 15,46b until 2022). With automation moving forward, 2D is more and more replaced by 3D controls. Consequently, the 3D market is even growing faster (size of USD 1,37b in 2017 and predicted to have a size of USD 2,45b by 2022).
In industry, there exists an extensive range of very specific applications, for which today a variety of 3D sensor concepts exist. However, there is no solution for each and every problem and all sensor concepts turn out to have shortcomings.

Our patented light-field technology allows to build a new 3D sensor, which is small in size, auto-calibrated and robust to reflections for inline use at competitive cost.

It is particularly useful where small baselines are required, for example for the inspection of small metal parts such as electronic connectors or to control high precision welding processes or to navigate small and agile robots. It is made up of standard hardware components, i.e. an industrial camera, a main lens and, if necessary an active illumination projector, which are extended by a dedicated optical system (the K|Lens). Therefore, it can be easily adjusted to required use case parameters, such as working distance, region of interest and x/y/z precision.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

During Phase 1 of the SME Instrument we determined the technological, practical and economic viability of applying the K|Lens technology in industrial use cases, we identified the resources needed to develop it into a product, and the associated cost.

As a result of this feasibility study, we identified applications where an adapted version of our technology will provide unique benefits. Consequently, the further development of this innovation is a project that demonstrates high potential in terms of competitiveness and growth for our start-up.

Such product will allow us to enter the machine vision market with a unique 3D solution. On top of our proprietary approach, we intend to offer non-protected alternative hardware solutions which we can easily combined with our unique 3D software solution or our software on a stand-alone basis.

Based on market data, application cases and competitor analysis, we built a strategic business plan as well as a high-level implementation plan.

As a next step, we will secure financing of the implementation plan to put it into action.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

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